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Article | 19/06/2006 Vulnerability found in Microsoft Excel
A new vulnerability has been found in Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program, just a few days after the company fixed problems with several of its appl...
Article | 15/06/2006 Microsoft creates customer interoperability council
Microsoft, long criticized for technically isolating its products to squeeze out competitors, announced on Wednesday the formation of a group of its o...
Article | 15/06/2006 Virus count drops in e-mail, Sophos says
The proportion of e-mail messages that contain malware has fallen for the first six months this year compared to the same period last year, Sophos sai...
Article | 13/06/2006 Microsoft rings last bell for Windows 98, ME
Microsoft warned on Friday that customers face security risks if they use some of its aging operating systems after it ends support for them next mont...
Article | 13/06/2006 Yahoo e-mail under worm attack, warns Symantec
A mass-mail worm that exploits a vulnerability in Yahoo's Web e-mail is making the rounds but the impact appears to be low, security vendor Symantec s...
Article | 5/06/2006 Microsoft flaw affects XP, Server 2003
A new flaw found in Microsoft's Windows software could be exploited to cause a denial-of-service attack on certain applications, although the bug isn'...
Article | 30/05/2006 Amnesty: Tech companies aid censorship
Civil rights group Amnesty International launched a campaign against Internet censorship on Sunday, accusing multinational companies of complicity in ...
Article | 26/05/2006 W3C - Phishing remains root of flourishing e-crime
"The Web is under attack," said Phillip Hallam-Baker, principal scientist at VeriSign, who gave a session Thursday on Internet crime at the W3C (World...
Article | 24/05/2006 Berners-Lee: Neutrality preserves Net openness
The computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web on Tuesday strongly condemned moves by US broadband providers to control their subsc...
Article | 23/05/2006 Bugs put Windows Live Mail beta back one step
Microsoft acknowledged on Friday problems with its most recent beta release of Windows Live Mail, the company's revamp of the Hotmail hosted e-mail se...
Article | 23/05/2006 Yahoo messaging worm installs bogus browser
Malware writers have created a new worm that installs a new browser and plays screeching music.
Article | 19/05/2006 Google faces lawsuit over search suggestions
A Belgian company has refiled a lawsuit over search terms offered by Google's toolbar that directs users to pirated software.
Article | 18/05/2006 Microsoft puts search as top mission
Microsoft is adding search capabilities in its enterprise software, emphasizing how employees waste time trying to find information.
Article | 17/05/2006 Microsoft and MTV take on Apple iTunes
Microsoft will release a beta version of Windows Media Player 11, a more stylish version of its media software that mimics the sleekness of its main c...
Article | 16/05/2006 ICANN approves creation of .tel domain
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved a new top-level domain suffixed ".tel," awarding a contract to Telnic, an...

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